CHLOAEN HLLED IN RUSH
Sixteen Dead and Many Injured |
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CARTER’'S CLAIM DENIED |
Kohlsaat Decides Convicted |
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Officer has no Right to Securities.
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Chicago—Judge Kohlsaat, in
3 : United States rendered |
in English Town. a. decision in f overnment |
a. in the suit i
pi. Carter, fc
THE SCENE WAS TERRIBLE
Cries of the Injured and Mcans of oi] :
Dying Caused Intense Excitement.
Sixteen children were trampled to
death and 40 others, several of whom
cannct live, were injured in a mad
rush for better seats at an entertain-
ment given in the public hall at
Barnsley, Eng., January 11.
There was a great crush to secure
admittance to the entertainment, and
when the show opened every seat
was taken and the gallery was liter-
ally packed with children, who filled
the aisles and were dangerously mass-
ed against the lower railing. With a
view to relieving this crowding in the
gallery the attendants decided to
transfer some of the children to the
body of the house, and one of the
ushers cailed out:
“Some of you children come down-
stairs.”
Immediately the rush started, and
within a few seconds hundreds of
children were being trampled under
foot. Even those who had seats in
the gallery, doubtless being panic-
stricken by the screams and struggles
of the crowds fighting to reach the
staircase, joined in the stampede.
The scene was terrible, the cries of
the injured and moans of the dying
causing the greatest excitement among
those gathered in the body of the
hall of the staircase, which were lit-
erally strewn with dead and adying,
and by the most desnerate efforts
managed to drag scores of the chil-
dren to the corridors below.
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BLACKHAND WORK
Attempt to Kill Italian Who Did Not
Heed Threats.
“Black Hand” operators dynamited |
the home of George Satarano in the
rear of 812 West Diamond street,
Northside, Pittsburg, at 11:30 at
night, demolishing part of the build- |
ing and nearly killing Satarano, his
wife and two children. Satarano’s
back window and kitchen were shat-
tered. : :
What appeared to be a dynamite
bomb was also found in the street
near the Satarano home. This will
he experimented upon by Detective |
Peter Angelo today. Angelo was no- |
tified shortly after the explosion and |
he and many detectives and police-
men searched for the dynamiters, but |
no arrest was made. {
Satarano has been receiving black |
hand letters for several months, |
threatening to blow up his home if |
he did not forfeit $2,000. All the
letters were written with red ink in
Italian, bore rude sketches of crosses
and daggers and described horrible
deaths the writers were selecting for
their victims. © = {
A literal translation-of one of the |
jetters, dated July 17, 1907, follows: |
“You know we have a big company. |
If vou don’t do what we ask, we will
make sausage out cof you. If you
don’t send the money, your house and |
family will be blown up. We did not |
forget yet you have to pay $2,000.
You had better not lose any more |
time. We will kill vou with our com- |
pany. We will get you, all right: -We |
“have been givilg vou good time for |
the money. If you do not send it, it|
will be the worse for you.”
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ABYSSINIANS DESTROY TOWN |
1talian Government Orders Red Sea
Fleet to Protect Cities |
on the Coast.
Rome.—News has been received |
here of serious trouble’ in Italian |
Somaliland, on the east coast of Af-|
rica, which has resulted in pitched |
Pattles between the . Ttalian forces |
¢here and the Abyssinians. |
A raid was made by 2,000 Abyssin- |
jans near Laugh, the furthermost It-|
alian station in the interior. the
Abvssinians robbing, killing and im- |
prisoning many of the merchants, and |
destroving the town after killing the |
defenders.
It is believed here that the Italian |
government js concealing a severe |
reverse in order to prepare the pub-
lic for graver News.
The Italian government has ordered |
the scuadron now in the Red Sea to]
proceed to the coast of Somaliland in
order to protect the towns along the
coast, as the entire territory is gar-
risoned by not more than 2.000 na- |
tives. under the command of Italian |
officers.
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RIDGELY IS HOPEFUL
Business Bound to Revive, But It
Must Be Given Time.
Chicago.—Comptroller of the Cur-
rency W. B. Ridgely, who passed a
few hours in Chicago,
Springfield, TIL, his former home,
sald that so far as the banks of the
country are concerned conditions to-
day are almost normal.
“The financial crisis has been pass-
ed successfully,” he said, “and it has
only served to demonstrate the gen-
eral strength and soundness of the
banking institutions. The situation |
has cleared, and business is bound |
to revive, though we must give it |
time to come back naturally to its |
former high-water mark.” {
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NEW U. 8. STEEL LINE
Corporation Has Taken Over the Wis-
consin Central Road.
Washington.— Word reached Wash-
ington that the United States Steel
Corporation has bought the Wisconsin
Central Railroad, which will give it a
direct all-rail route from the Mesaba
range to Chicago and its big new
plant at Gary, IH.
It is reported that as a result of
1 vse President Bradford will
President Whit-
former
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not entitle
istered
curities traced by the government
will
famous
conviction of Captain Carter and of |
Greene and Gaynor, and the imposing
of penitentiary sentences, 1s
to a close.
egvernment claims were proceeds of
Carter's collusion
Gaynor, are tied up by suits pending
and Illinois.
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the extent of $700,000 con- |
spiricy with Contracic Y and |
Gaynor. |
The court ruled that Carter was |
d to the $400,000 in unre
railroad bonds and other se-.
safety deposit vaults and banks in |
various parts of the country.
Under the decision, the government
retain these securities and the
case. which resulted in the
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brought
Funds of Captain Carter, which the
with Greene and
in the federal courts of New York,
New Jersey, West Virginia, Georgia
By agreement, all of |
these suits were consolidated and |
tried before Judge Kohlsaat, in the |
United States circuit court, in Chica- |
go, about a vear ago. |
It is the claim of Carter that the |
funds in question were given him by |
his father-in-law, the late Robert r.
Wescott of New York.
The case grew out of the construc-
tion of certain river 2nd harbor im-|
provements on the coast of Georgia. |
The government prosecutors contend- |
ed that the army officer and the con-|
tractors defrauded the government in |
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the sum of $2,225,000, and that one-|
third of this amount, or about $750, |
000, went to Captain Carter. ° |
Special Assistant to the United |
States Attorney General Marion Br- |
win was assigned to the prosecution
of the cases, and after several years’
work, $400,000, invested by Carter in|
various states, was traced and seized. |
VERDICT SET ASIDE
Should Have Been Against Ram-|
sey Syndicate, It says In-
stead of Goulds.
New York.—The appellate division
of the supreme court set aside a ver-|
dict for $460,000 obtained against |
George J. Gould and others, by John
3. Jones, an Ohio cecal operator. |
Jones, according to the complaint, |
was employed by ould, William E. |
Guy and Joseph Ramsey, Ire, who |
composed the “Little Kanawha SyDy |
dicate.” to acquire coal lands in Ohio |
for the corporation. He was to ad-
vance -the necessary funds, which
were to be returned to him, together
with his expenses and a commission. |
The plaintiff provided funds to the |
amount of $37,000, incorporated . a
company to which ithe lands were!
conveved and presented a ‘claim for |
$90,000 for expenses. |
The syndicate, however, declined to]
take over the property and Jones
brought suit. Ile secured a verdict,
which was set aside today, on the
ground that the action should have |
heen brought against the syndicate |
as a whole and not against the men
as individuals. ?
Suit
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DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Father Tired of Life and Thinks
Death Preferable for Blind Son.
Ravenna, : O.—Edwin Collier, 8r:,
took his eight-year-old blind son,.
Edwin. to.his wife's grave, in Raven,
na cemetery some time at night, shot
him fatally and then put 2 bullet
through his own body, near the heart.
He will die. |
When the bodies were found the
little boy's corpse .was frozen stiff.
Both of the father’s feet are frozen |
and he was unconscious. from cold
and loss of blood.
A letter found near the scene of
hand-wriling reads: ; ;
“Dear friends: This is a terrible
thing to do, but I am tired of life
and I know God will forgive me. It
seems as if there has been nothing
but trouble for me ever since the
day I was born. 3
«1 ecaf’t stand it to see my poor
little’ Edwin go through this hard
world without his sight, and the doe-
tors have told me they can do nothing
for him.
“Besides T am so lonesome for my
wife—my poor little Flo. So good-
bye all. What money is left from my
insurance, it is my wish that Mrs.
Ramsey shall have; also my personal
belongings. Bury me beside my dar-
ling wife and my darling mother.
“Eddie.”
Neighbors declare Collier has been
dazed since the death of his wife six
months ago. He continually talked
about her and brooded over the blind
boy's condition, which he had spent
much money to relieve.
the tragedy and said to be in rh
Memorial to General Custer.
Bronxville, N. Y.—In order to per-
petuate the memory of her husband,
(ieneral Custer, who was massacred
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer has purchased
16 lots in Bronxville, West Chester
county, on which she will build a
large house as a permanent home for
elderly literary women.
Vesuvius Continues to Belch.
Mount Vesuvius continues to throw
incandescent matter
from its chief crafer, the cone of
which, formed by the last eruption,
collapsed recently, the earth’s tremb-
ling being felt for long distances.
Shoot Negroes to Death.
Hawkinsville, Ga.—Two negro farm
hands who made a murderous assault
on Mr. and Mrs. Martin Livingston at
their home in Goldsboro, this county,
were captured by a posse and shot to
death. Livingston was struck on the
out ashes and
throat was cut.
Think Army Safer Than Mine.
Columbus, O.—Large numbers of
miners from Monongah and Jacob
Creek are ing in the army here.
They i i :
reinstated.
the army is safer
than in
CRAFT TAI
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head with a hatchet and his wife's |
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Former Mayor and Boss of San-1
Francisco Held Innocent.
Among Reform Eiement in
City. |
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EXTORTION CASES ENDED |
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Decision Causes Great Consternation |
Golden Gate
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San Francisco.—The district court
of appeals handed down a decision
setting aside the judgment in i
former Mayor Eugene E.
Schmitz, convicted of extortion o
Franch restaurant case.
Abe Ruef also benefits by the rul-
ing, for, according to its decisicn, he
pleaded guilty to an act that was no
offense against the laws of the state.
According to the appellate judges
the compelling of French restaurants
to pay “fees” to Abe Ruef was mot a
crime, even though Ruef divided the
“fees” with the mayor. |
The decision wipes out the French
restaurant cases and pending charges | Vessel Supposed to Have Been Lost | jured,
of extortion against Schmitz and
Ruef must be dismissed. Both are
now entitled to release on bail. If]
they obtain the necessary bondsmen
they can remain at liberty until such
time as a jury finds them guilty on
one of the indictments charging them
with receiving bribes from corpora-
tions. Owing to the number of cases
asainst them, the bail, figured at $10,-
000 a case, would reach an enormeus
figure.
Schinitz and Ruef cannot take ad-
vantage of the decision for 60 days.
The prosecution has 20 days in which
to ask for a rehearing. - Then the |
apellate court will have 10 days to |
consider the application. When that |
is" done the prosecution will go]
through the same procedure in the |
supreme court, which will take the]
same length of time. Consequently, |
Schmitz and Ruef will still be kept]
in the ccunty jail for two months at |
least.
The news of the decision caused |
consternation in some quarters and |
delight in others. District Attorney
Langdon said Schmitz and Ruef will
be nrosecuted on other indictments |
that are public offenses. °
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NEGRO LYNCHED BY NEGROES
Disappointed Audience Secure. Re-
venge by Killing the Only Actor. -
Charlotte, N. C.—News has just
reached this city of a most unusual
lynching at Pine Level, N. C. A ne-
gro showman was the victim and
negroes the participants. :
The lynched showman arrived at
Pine Level and advertised a: show.
All the negroes in the surroundirg
country turned out to suffer
disappointment, there being only one
performer in the show.
After the first performance the
showman, ‘whose name is unknown,
attempted .a second. .
On Monday hight, after the second
show, a mob of negroes gathered,
masked in sacks, and went to’ the
boarding house where the showman
and his wife were staying, took them
out ‘and lvnched the showman. The
woman escaped. :
Tuesday morning the mangled body
of the negro was found on the
Southern railway tracks mear Pine
Level and later the coroner's jury .an-
nounced that the negro had come to
his death before being placed on the
tracks. :
All the negroes in the Pine Level
section refuse to talk and few details
are obtainable. :
BIG YEAR FOR HARD COAL’
| Tonnage of 1907 Exceeds That of 1906
Many Million Tons. ”
The anihracite ‘coal tonnage for th
calendar vear of 1907, was the great-
est year in the history of the hard
coal trade. For the 12 months from
January 1 to December 31, 1907, the
railreads which transport anthracite |
To 67,109,393 tons of that commo-
qaitv.
1906 by more than 11,000,000 tons, as
the total for that year was 55,698,595
tons. These figures are for the hard
coal of the various
hauicd.
| Of the great tctal of 67,109,393 tons
| for 1907, the Philadelphia & Reading
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Railroad leads with a haulage of 14, |
018.795 tons, against 11,258,295 tons
in 1906.
SAND BEACH BLOWN INTO SEA
| Strip of Land Hundred Yards Long
Has Been Missing Since Tues-
day’s Storm.
| Norfolk, Va.—Confirmation was re-
ceived over the weather bureau's tel-
egraph wires that a stretch of beach
300 feet long at Oregon Inlet, N. C.,
was washed away during the storm
of January 7, carrying with jit the
land end of the government cable to
Hatteras station.
1t is not believed that a landslide
occurred, but that the off-shorn hurri-
cane forced the tide out further than
usual, and blew the sand off the
beach into the sea. Reports are to
the effect that the storm was the se-
verest that has swent Hatteras in a
generation.
The largest caravan of pilgrims
for Mecca starts from Constantino-
ple and generally comprises about
40,000 persons.
Virginia Monument for Gettysburg.
Richmond, Va.—The General As-
| sen bly of Virginia organized Janu-
ary 8. Governor Swanson,
message, urges that arn appropriation
be made to erect a guitable monu-
ment on ihe battlefield of Gettysburg
“to commemcrate the glory and the
{ heroism of the Virginia troops that
| participated in that engagement.”
Pledges not to wear the plumage
of any birds other than crows have
icned by women representing
zations in the Federation of
Clubs.
| been =
13 ‘or
Women's
This exceeds the tonnage of |
in his |
President Wants Competitive Exam-
inaticns for Census Appointments.
Washington—In a message 0 the
house of representatives President
Roosevelt urged that in preparing for
the work of taking the next census
the 4,000 or more additional employes
needed be appointed only after cem-
netitive examination under the rules
CERT ER IR Sr
STATE LEGISLATURES
Kentucky Lawlessness Calls for Action
—Maryland May Eliminate
Negro Vote.
Ky—The first message
of Governor A. E. Willson to the Ken-
rr : tucky General Assembly is devoted
jefly lawlessness which ;has
TWO, PINNED UNDER A £oAcH ae i tobacco war and is
accompanied by a vigorous denuncia-
TRAIN FALLS FROM TRESTLE
Five Cars Drop Twenty-five Feel * vo. won
Fifty Persons Injured.
of the civil service commission, and > a
: 5 4 : i ion of the malefactors and by recom-
-onzly denounced ihe ‘patronage iu } to Hospital in At-| tion OL : J
1213 ed t I age | Injured Are Taken to HoSP Lendations. for ending the trouble.
stem” of making the appointments,
ring that the civil service commis-
sicn was fully capable of securing a
most efficient force.
The non-competitive examinations
used in selecting the force at Wash-
ington of the last two censuses, the
President said, served only as a
“cloak to hide the nakedness of the
spoils system.” Such examinations, he
declared, were useless as checks upon
patronage appointments.
“The taint of the spoils system.”
he added, “will not merely hamper
and delay the economical and efficient
taking of the census, but will impair
the belief of the public in its hon-
esty.”
BIG STEAMER LANDS
Reaches Port.
Queenstown. — The long over-due
steamer Mount Roval steamed slowly
into Queenstown January 7..and the
news of her safety was received with
gladness in shipping circles. She had |
not been heard from in many days, |
having been last reported off the
Lizard, December 10, and “watch was
being kept for her on both sides of
the Atlantic and as far south as Ber-
muda. >
The Mount Royal belongs. to the
Canadian Pacific railway’s Atlantic
service. She left Antwerp, December
7. for St. John, N. B. She had on
board 300 Hungarian emigranfs and
a crew of about 100 men. Trouble |
with her boilers was the reason the
Mount Roval had to put back. She
battled with the heavy weather for a
fortnight, until Christmas eve, when
serious trouble with her boilers de-
veloped. The steamer was then in
longitude 24.50, west and latitude 43,
north.
NEW. .LIABILITY, BILL
Senator Knox Offers Measure to Rem-
edy Defects of Bates Law.
: Washington. — Senator’ ‘Knox, - of
Pennsylvania, who. has taken much
interest in the litigation growing out
of the employers’ liability act, which
was declared unconstitutional by the
supreme. court of the United States,
introduced a" bill, ‘which ‘is intended
tp remedy the defects in the present
law.- PLE ak
The bill ‘is so drawn as to make it
applicable -only to corporations en-
gaged in such commerce as congrefs
has the undoubted right to control
bitter | and to eniployes of such corporations
states, but Mr. Knox's bill so modi-
fies ‘it as: to limit its operations to
common carriers which are operated
by steam or similar motive power.
NO LIQUOR BY MAIL
New Postoffice Order Aids the Cause
of Prohibition.
Washingiph. D. C.—Postmaster Gen-
eral Mever has issued an order which
has a direct bearing upon the prohi-
bition movement. The crder is as
follows: W i : pe
“It is hereby ordered that it shall
be a condition of. any contract here-
after entered into for carrying the
mails upon star, screen wagon, mail
messenger or special service route
| that the contractor or carrier shall
not transport ‘intoxicating liquor from
one point to another upon such route
while in the performance of mail ser-
vice.” E . ”
{ The
order
| once in many sections of the country
| where ‘it is’ necessary to install new
and supplementary service.
Attorney General Bonaparte today
directed the various United States
Attorneys to investigate suits against
railroad companies to recover penal
ties for violation of the safety appli:
ance law.
| 300 BURNED TO DEATH
| Film of Moving Picture Machine
Starts Blaze at Wedding
in - Restaurant.
Mail advices received from South
| China tell of a terrible fire at Canton,
| where 300 lives were lost in the burn-
ing of a restaurant.
A Chinese recently returned to
| Canton from California with a cine-
matograph machine, and at a wedding
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| feast in the Choi Chan restaurant
gave an exhibition of moving pic-
tures.
Several hundred Chinese crowded
| into “the place out of curiosity and
packed it tightly. The film took fire.
There was a panic and the burning
| building collapsed.
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Feast
Fairbanks Has Indiana.
| Republican district conventions
which will select 13 members of the
new state central committee were
held in all the counties January. 10.
No effort was made in any caqunty to
contest with the Fairbanks managers
their right to have committeemen in
sympathy with: the vice president’s
candidacy.
Noted Astronomer Dead.
Hanover, N. H.—Charles Augustus
Young, one of the foremost astrono-
mers in the United States, is dead
of pneumonia at his home here. He
had been living in Hanover since
his retirement from the position of
professor of astronomy at Princeton
university about a year ago.
Incendiaries Attack Viliage.
| Three Rivers, Mich—About half
| the business section of the village
| of Fulton was destroyed by fire, sup-
| posedly of incendiary origin, today.
’ ated i 100.
| The estin
OSs is
| relief train.
engaged exclusively in interstate
commerce.
The existing law is so broad as to
cover all transportation between |
becomes effective at |
Where Their Wounds
Are Dressed.
The governor recommends amend-
ing the statutes governing change of
venue so that the eranting of such
change becomes imperative upon any
judge where lawlessness or intimida-
tion hinder prompt and fair trials.
He further recommends the immediate
appointment of a commission to in-
vestigate the economic causes lead-
ing to the tobacco troubles.
Annapolis, Md.—-Judge Austin Le
Crothars of Ilkton = was inaugurated
governor January 8. In his address
lanta,
Running at a speed of 30 miles an
hour, the second section of an excur-
sion train on the Southern Railway,
from Cleveland, O., known as the
Collver special, and bound, for Flori
da points, plunged through a trestle
over Copper Mine creek, about 50
niles west of Atlanta, Ga., and, as
a result, one person is dong re Governor Crothers urged the enact:
others ‘are fatally injured, and 7 ment of anti-bribery and corrupt
sengers were =o seriously injured as| ..,ctices legislation and the selection
to require medical aftention. the | Of candidates for elective offices, in-
It Was nearly midnight wien € | \uding the United States Senator.
Socuthérn Railway relief reached ar ship, by ,direct primary methods. On
lanta, bearing the body of Engineer |; question of a suffrage amendment
James Bdward and about 50 of the In“ |, salied for a measure which will
among whom was Mrs. Emil eliminate the negro voter as ai pQlits
Hoover of Columbus, 0O., who was in|. + eiotor or: ha
a dying condition, and Florence A. x g
Studebaker of Cleveland, internally
injured and probably fatally hurt.
Road Foreman of Engines Schnapps hice ‘Gre t Western Goes Into
and “the negro fireman, Mose Baldwin, Chicago and at 2
hoth. fatally injured, were also on the
RAILROAD CRIPPLED
. Hands of Receiver.
St. Paul, Minn=—Judge Waiter H.
Sanborn of the United States circuit
court, appointed A. B. Stickney and
Charles 11. F. Smith; both of St. Paul,
receivers for.the Chicago Great West-
The wreck occurred about 2 p.m,
five vestibuled Pullmans being precip-
itated -25 feet tothe bed of the creek,
which was nearly «dry; one of the Pull-
mans being torn asunder. Two hun- jem Railroad. A. B. Stickney is now
dred passengers went down with the | the president of the road. The firm
coaches. ~ of Kellogg & Severance of St. Paul,
The injuries to the passengers con- was appointed attorneys for the re-
sist chiefly of -broken limbs and | ceiver. ir -
bruises. Those in the "Atlanta hos- The appointment of receivers fol-
pital are: Mr. and ¢Mrs.” R. W. Gris- lowed the inability of the company to
wold, Mr. and: Mrs: Creighton, Mr. meet obligations falling due in 1908
and Mrs. F. BE. Henry,.all of Ashta- and the failure to secure an extension
bula, O.; Missi ElizaBsth Smith, Mr. |of the obligations. .” Loss as result
and Mrs. R. EiiSnith, Mrs. Elizabeth | of the boiler makers’ strike of last
T. Rowbotham, Mrs. K. Peel, ——-| fall is given as‘a partial cause. }
Rogers and son, Mr, and Mrs. R. C. The petition for a receivership was
Kane, *F. ‘Strauss, H. H. Hodell, Mrs. | filed on behalf of the stockholders
George DB. Rogers, Mrs. E. BE. Tiede-| and the finance committee by Johu
man., all of Cleveland; Mrs. Nellie | A. Hamburg, of Minnesota; George
allidger, Mrs. :P. ’N. Smith,. 0. G.|P. Meyer of New York, andy Ward
Voés, all of Columbus, O.; Mrs. Delia | Cummings and Alexander Wallace of
Thompson, Montana, O.; Frank Greg- | Great Britain. The directors joined
ory and wife, John Touchstone, East in the proceedinds. ’” bio
Jordan, Mich.; Mrs. E. F. Webster, The capital of the Chicago Great
Wellington: Jacob Roth, Erie, Ta.; | Western consists of four classes of
stock, but two of which need be con-
sigered in the receivership proceed-
ings. These are the preferred “A”
and the debenture stock, each of
which represented 50 per cent of the
original first snortgage bonds.
Mrs. J. Roth, Erie, Pa. and Mrs. D.
D. Kelsie, Eric, Pa.
The .Collver special is an annual
excursion run from Cleveland, 0., to
Florida points and Cuba. be: i
One cdi’ in the middle of the train
cracked in the middle through the
strain and pinned down Jacob Roth,
of Erie, Pa., and his wife. They
were not serioush¥;injured, however,
and- were able to goto a hotel. :
WILL DEFINE CITIZENSHIP
Repatriatioh to Be -Effected After Re-
% ‘turn of Two Years. Than
+l Waghington. — The committee on
foreign relatigng of the senate gave
favorable “ consideration tol a treaty
signed by the United States and near-
ly all the South ‘American republics
whereby citizens: of a republic who"
are naturalized in another * republic; :.
and who return to their own country
shall again become - citizens of ths
country after remaining there for t
years. Sr
"BANKER WALSH'S DEFENSE
He Denied His Transactions Were for
> His Personal Gain. wn
Chicago.—John R. Walsh, in his!
first public explanation of the affairs
of the Chicago National Bank sinee
its closing by National Bank Exam-
iners, took the witness stand in “the
United States district court to defend
himeelf against charges of misapply-
ing funds. He admitted he had per-
sonally engineered the loans of ‘mill:
ions of dollars to railroads and other
enterprises: in which he held large
blocks of stock. He also acknowl-
edged the system, of memorandum.| of certain
notes used’ in the bank was his. -He
The treaty is designed to remedy #
‘the practiee of eifigens of one republic
becoming: * naturalized in another
neighboring republi¢ and claiming
the protection of that republic’ upai
returning home. “It. grew largely’ out
- difficulties between the
United States government apd former.
denied he undertook these transac | citizens of Hayti who sought the, in-
tions with any thought of personal | tervention of this country in an im-:
gain, asserting that the interests .of | broglio there. ~~... :~ .: 2 te
the Chicago National Bank and teil, ton
allied institutions, the Equitable Trust
Company. and the Home Savings
Pank, were -his chief concern. =
TROUBLE FOR" MRS. EDDY
Relatives ‘Alleged to. Be.Contemplat-
rye 7 aay
“ing'a Sanity Test. vw olilg
Lead, 8S. D.—Judge Bennett, attor<:
House Committee Agrees increase Is py Sr Ber any. 1061
Needed for Officers and Men. courts to have Mrs. Mary -Baker G.
Washington.—The house committee Eddy, Glover's mother, appear before
on military affairs, considered. the |an insanity commission. He admit-
army pay increase bill, but ‘reached | ted there had been some talk of such
| no” definite conclusion other than the |a.step. He declared if such action
| general one that there should be un |had been taken it was in the New
increase. Hampshire courts. Mary Glover,
The opinion that the pay of enlist- | granddaughter of Mrs. Eddy, evaded
| ed men should be substantially rais- | questions regarding action being
| ed was especially marked. taken in the courts. : Li
FAVORS HIGHER ARMY PAY.
Chance for Militiamen.
Washington, D. C.—At the instance
of the President, Assistant Secretary
Oliver has notified governors of ‘his’
desire that they designate a single
representative from the National
Guard of each state and territory to
take a competitive examination fo
appointment as second lieutenant in
the regular army under the limita-
tions prescribed in the case of all
civilian appointees in the army.
Le
GREAT LOSS FROM STORMS
Disasters in Whica Many Per-
sons Perish Reported.
Victoria. B. C.—News of disastrous
! storms and tidal waves came this
| morning from Manila and far eastern
ports. Nine steamers were stranded
on the Flokkaido coast and lost. One
went down with 20 men. Forty sailing
crafts were lost with considerable
loss of life. From Sapporo, news was
| received that #88 fishing boats were
| wrecked or carried away with heavy
{loss and over 1,000 buildings were
| flooded. by tidal waves, many perish-
ing. The American schooner, Dol-
| ores, from Yokohoma for Guaymas
with coal, flounderved in the storm,
her crew being saved.
Ocean
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Kansas intends to take a step for-
ward in banking and will enact a law
to guarantee depositors. A special
session of the legislature has been
called to meet January 16, to pass
such a law.
Try to Hold Up Passengers.
Kansas City, Mo.—Four men at-
tempted to rob the passengers on a
Missouri, Kansas & Texas train stand-
ing in the Union station here. They
were frightened off without securing
any money or valuables. Shortly af-
ter the attempted robbery the police
arrested two men in the vicinity of
the railroad yards. They gave their
names as Rube Walsh and John Coss.
Both were held for investigation.
There is to be a consolidation of
the street car companies of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and William Loeb,
is to manage the consolidated prep
erties. :
A dynamite bomb wrecked the en-
tire lower floor of a five-story tene-
ment house on Rast Eleventh street,
New York, and caused a panic among
the occupants of the building. One
man was injured by the explosion.
MILLIONS FOR AUTOMOBILES Reports from many sections of the
country are to the effect that the
banks in nearly all cities have re-
sumed cash payments. It is also stat-
ed that borrowing rates are declining
| Rich Americans Spent $8,000,000 Du-
| ring the Year 1907.
| Nearly $8,000,000 was spent in the
United States during 1907 for motor
| cars, according to the estimates made
by the association of licensed auto-
mobile manufacturers.
The association has been in session
| here and in addition to other busi-
ness decided to hold its next show
at Madison Square Garden in Janu-
ary instead of November as hereto-
fore.
lower rates.
Baldwin Works Cuts Hours.
Philadelphia. — Announcement was
made that the Baldwin locomotivef
works of this city will run on am
eight-hour instead of a 10-hour basis.
The reduction in time will affect
15,800 men and boys
*-denied his
Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt,
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